Nov 28 2019
Ofcom issued a draft notice to suspend the broadcasting licence of Club TV Limited after its channel Peace TV Urdu repeatedly rebroadcast material that we had previously found incited murder. Ofcom has a duty to suspend a broadcast licence if we are satisfied that the licensee has broadcast a programme likely to encourage or to […]
Nov 28 2019
TAIYUAN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China’s Shanxi Province at 7:52 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time). The satellite, Gaofen-12, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It was the 320th flight mission of the […]
Nov 27 2019
CNN is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its Middle East hub in Abu Dhabi and looking ahead to expansion plans at the network’s key newsgathering, production, broadcasting and commercial centre. November marks a decade since CNN first went on air live from Abu Dhabi. Since then it has increased its footprint in the Emirate, made […]
Nov 27 2019
BRUSSELS, 27 NOVEMBER 2019. The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) is the voice of commercial television in Brussels since 1989. Representing 28 Broadcasters, active across 28 Member States and beyond, the ACT has and continues to defend policies that drive media pluralism and Europe’s global leadership in high-quality content. As such, ACT members […]
Nov 26 2019
Arianespace delivered another dual-satellite payload to orbit on the 250th launch of an Ariane-series vehicle – underscoring its continued success 40 years after the historic maiden flight of an Ariane 1 version in 1979. Lifting off today from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 deployed TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 to geostationary transfer orbit […]
Nov 22 2019
It was announced today that Channel 4 will be the new home of BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated Taskmaster, with a six series deal across three years, agreed with Avalon. New episodes will arrive on Channel 4 from late 2020. The hugely entertaining irreverent show hosted by Greg Davies as the all-powerful “Taskmaster”, alongside Alex Horne […]
Nov 21 2019
Arianespace and MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT), the leading Malaysian satellite operator, today announced the signature of a launch services contract for MEASAT-3d. MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite, will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America) […]
Nov 15 2019
Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications has received formal confirmation from its launch partner, Arianespace, that the company’s GX5 satellite will be launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana on Friday 22 November 2019. The launch window is between 21:08 and 22:43 UK time / UTC. The expected mission […]
Nov 13 2019
The DVB-I specification was approved at this week’s meeting of the DVB Steering Board in Geneva. It has been published as DVB BlueBook A177. The specification aims to ensure that linear television delivered over the internet is as user-friendly and robust as a traditional broadcast television experience. It offers the possibility for linear television services […]
Nov 11 2019
Sky and the BBC have announced a new partnership which will see the two UK broadcasters collaborate on content and technology. The partnership means the BBC iPlayer OTT platform will be made available on the Sky Q service, giving Sky customers access to both iPlayer and the BBC’s red-button options. The BBC already offers its […]
Nov 7 2019
London 7th November – BritBox, the streaming service created by BBC and ITV, today opened for business, bringing the greatest collection of British boxsets with the finest homegrown talent to viewers for £5.99 a month in HD and across multiple devices. BritBox has signed a partnership deal with Channel 4 for British TV boxsets from […]
Dec 3 2019
Mediaset to launch FTA Italian movie channel
Mediaset will be launching a new free-to-air TV channel specialising in classic Italian films next month, reports local website Digital Day, citing the latest price schedule published by the broadcaster’s ad sales unit Publitalia 80. The new channel, dubbed Cine 34, will go live on 20 January to mark what would have been the 100th […]
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By Expat • Italy • • Tags: Cine 34, Mediaset